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Koji Yamamoto, Chairman of the Meikyukai Japan Professional Baseball Association
Hello everyone. I’m Koji Yamamoto, the chairman of the Meikyukai Japan Professional Baseball Association.
Due to the corona disaster, the health hazards of the elderly due to refraining from going out have become a serious problem.
Therefore, at the Meikyukai Japan Professional Baseball Association, we launched the “Meikyukai x Meikyukai Gymnastics Project” with the aim of supporting the maintenance of the health of the elderly, and we are seniors who make use of our knowledge and experience in baseball. Create an original gymnastics for.
We would like to provide gymnastics that anyone can easily do, which is fun and helps maintain the health of seniors. Thank you for your cooperation.
Old Love Jar Committee Executive Producer Yoko Kito
Hello everyone. I’m Yoko Kito, Executive Producer of the Old Love Jar Committee.
The Old Love Jar Committee (hereinafter referred to as Old Love Jar) is centered on the three prefectures of the National Federation of Senior Citizens’ Clubs (mainly active seniors, with about 95,000 groups and about 5.24 million members). Various events and TV,We have been supporting for 15 years through entertainment and so on.
However, due to this corona disaster, the health damage and mental stress of the elderly due to self-restraint from going out have become serious problems, and in addition, events all over the country that were held dozens of times every month have to be canceled, which is really painful. I’ve seen the situation closest to you.
We want to take actions that will make such seniors healthy and mentally positive, and this time we have the opportunity to collaborate with the members of the Meikyukai, who can be called heroes from the bottom of their hearts. , This time, “Meikyukai x Old Love Jar Gymnastics Project” has started.
If there are original gymnastics that many people of the same age can make from the perspective of us seniors, I hope that it will be an opportunity for everyone to get together, remembering their youth. Corona continues, but from now on, I can see seniors who are doing gymnastics in a lively and fun way.
We would appreciate it if you could support the “Meikyukai x Old Love Jar Gymnastics Project” with your support.
● Meikyukai x Old Love Jar will create a new original gymnastics program for the elderly with the support of everyone (target amount of 2.5 million yen).
● Video content production to spread gymnastics
● The spread of gymnastics programs has eliminated the lack of exercise of the elderly in Japan, which has spread due to the corona sickness, and reduced mental stress.
The opportunity to launch this project ~I want to energize the elderly in Japan ~
At the Meikyukai, we provide youth baseball coaching and youth baseball support throughout Japan with the aim of fostering healthy youth. We have endeavored to promote baseball by improving baseball skills and knowledge for young people and leaders. At the same time, we are focusing on social contribution activities that are being carried out not only in Japan and overseas.
Support activities aimed at caring for the hearts of victims nationwide who are struggling due to disasters such as the Great East Japan Earthquake, Kumamoto Earthquake, and Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake, as well as donations collected at disaster victim support events and charity golf, are collected by the Japanese Red Cross Society and society. Support through business groups. Furthermore, looking overseas, we continue to support children through baseball classes mainly in Asia such as Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Under such circumstances, the current situation is that the health hazards and mental stress of the elderly due to refraining from going out due to the corona disaster have become serious problems. According to the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, physical activity time per week has decreased by about 60 minutes (about 30%) due to inability to continue exercising, and the number of elderly people requiring nursing care will increase after the convergence of the new coronavirus infection. There was an investigation that there was a possibility.(reference:National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology / Importance of infection prevention and physical activity in the elderly）
Therefore, in order to solve this problem and rejuvenate the mind and body, we planned a health project in cooperation with the old love jar who is supporting active seniors.
At first, I was thinking about baseball, but it is difficult for all elderly people to play baseball, but is it possible to do “gymnastics” that move the body?I thought, I came up with the idea of launching a health project by “gymnastics”, and I started up.“Meikyukai x Old Love Jar Gymnastics Project”is.
For this “Meikyukai x Old Love Jar Gymnastics Project”, we decided to take on the challenge of crowdfunding because we wanted to work together with you and carry on with your thoughts. With this project as an opportunity, I would like to spread the circle of social contribution activities from the Meikyukai and lead to initiatives that allow more people to participate.
Concept and features of “Meikyukai x Old Love Jar Gymnastics”
① Keep your body healthy for the independence of your living ability
② Get into exercise habits
③ Eliminate the feeling of isolation by exercising with friends
④ Conducted while having fun imagining the players of the Meikyukai
The sport of baseball is a sport in which “quietness” and “movement” coexist, such as “stretching,” “twisting,” “running,” “flying,” “stopping,” and “adjusting posture.” I will change this to gymnastics and move my body.
We believe that the “Meikyukai x Old Love Jar Gymnastics” produced this time will be a good opportunity for elderly people who are not very good at exercising or lacking exercise to acquire exercise habits. We will propose whole body exercises that are conscious of movements that lead to daily life movements.
In addition, we will create it as an exercise that can be enjoyed by one person or by multiple people. I think that it is also a great attraction that it will be an opportunity to foster “connection with others” and “enjoyment” by carrying out with old love jars.
With this exercise as a trigger, it is an exercise aimed at motivating seniors, such as “I can’t continue training alone, but I want to participate in exercises that I enjoy with my friends.” In an easy-to-understand and simple structure, we will naturally promote whole body exercise based on the movement of baseball.
General Incorporated Association Japan Professional Baseball Meikyukai
On July 24, 1978, the Meikyukai was founded by eight pitchers and ten fielders with the aim of giving back to the disadvantaged of society and contributing to the expansion of the bottom of the Japanese professional baseball world. The membership qualification of the Meikyukai, which started with more than 200 wins for pitchers and more than 2000 hits for fielders, has been transformed into an organization that suits the times, such as adding more than 250 saves in total and membership qualifications in Japan and the United States in 2003. Activities for various social contributions, such as fostering healthy youth through baseball classes and baseball promotion, disaster victim support activities, and support for people who are socially disadvantaged.
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Old Love Jar Committee
The Old Love Jar Committee (hereinafter referred to as Old Love Jar) is centered on the three prefectures of the National Federation of Senior Citizens’ Clubs (mainly active seniors, with about 95,000 groups and about 5.24 million members). Various events and TV,An organization that has been supporting for 15 years through entertainment and other means.
＜Supervision＞
Masaru Okada Profile
We provide health advice for many seniors through health exercise practice instructors, care prevention exercise instructors, underwater manipulative instructors, TV programs, magazines, etc. Disseminate lifestyle-related disease prevention and physical activity programs nationwide. Actively active in local governments, business and industry associations, neighborhood associations, etc., giving lectures on health promotion and physical activity, prevention of dementia and bedridden, and many lectures at comprehensive support centers such as arthropathy and physical activity law.
Megumi Imadaprofile
From the age of two and a half to the third year of high school, he is active as a gymnast. Belonging to the Osaka strong team, he has participated in the All Japan Championship for 7 consecutive years and has won the West Japan Jr. event. Currently, while teaching at the gymnastics club, he also performs activities such as choreography.
Schedule, use of funds
April 2021: Gymnastics program scheduled to be completed
May 2021: Gymnastics, visualization, gymnastics manual creation
June 2021 ~: Famous ball member, old love jar committee, event scheduled to be held in Tokyo and 3 prefectures
* Schedule is subject to change due to corona issues.
Target amount: 2.5 million yen
The support received from everyone will be used for gymnastics program creation costs, video production costs, and other expenses (commissions, return costs, etc.). With the completion of production by the end of May 2021The contents of this crowdfunding implementation will be completed.
Precautions
■ Please note that crowdfunding support is not a support deduction.
■ This project is All or Nothing. If the target amount is not reached, the project will be unsuccessful and all support money will be refunded.
■ The message received as a “support comment” when the support is completed may be used to promote the support acquisition of this project.
■ If it is difficult to implement various return plans due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the schedule may be delayed. Please note.
■ Please note that the scheduled return shipping month may be delayed from the original schedule due to factors such as manufacturing conditions.
■ Regarding returns, there is a possibility that a limited number of items will be added and new courses will be added. Also, please note that it is not possible to change from a course that you have already supported to another course.
■ The answers to the question items that you answer at the time of support cannot be changed after the support is confirmed.
■ Please note that we may decline support at our discretion in consideration of the nature of the return. In this case, we will not be able to respond to inquiries regarding the reason.
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